Body Of Woman Found In Sewer

July 12, 1985

The partly decomposed body of a woman was found Thursday night in a sewer under the alley behind 858 W. Margate Ter. on the North Side, police said. A man was washing his car in the alley Thursday when he noticed a foul odor coming from the sewer, police said. The man removed the sewer cover and saw the body, believed to be that of a woman, clad in a pair of blue jeans. An examination of the body at the scene by police indicates that she was 5 feet to 5 feet 4 inches tall and was probably white. They said it was not possible to tell whether the body bore signs of violence.